https://www.rlgeex.com/tags/networking/Recent content in Networking on RLGeeXHugoen-usRLGeeX © 2025 - Real-Life Geeks providing expert IT consultingThu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://www.rlgeex.com/news/make-every-gcp-vpc-network-custom-mode-from-the-first-apply/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://www.rlgeex.com/news/make-every-gcp-vpc-network-custom-mode-from-the-first-apply/<p>If you are a cloud engineer building a Google Cloud foundation in Terraform, the network is one of the first modules you write and one of the last you will want to change. My argument is that every VPC network in your foundation should be custom mode from the first apply, and new projects should not get a default network at all. This post covers why, which settings carry the decision, and where auto mode is still fine.</p>